Peanut Butter Brownies

Today was Jordan’s first day of second grade. I got a little sad. And then I realized something.

She’s gone! At school all day! I kinda felt like that lady in the empty-nester commercial, the one who redecorated her kid’s room as soon as he left for college?

It’s amazing the difference that happens to a kid between kindergarten and second grade. Ginormous difference between then and now. And I know she’s only going to grow up even more in the next few months.

She’ll probably think she’s ready for her driver’s license by the time she ends second grade.

And she’s still super excited still about her braces. She made sure to seek out her old teachers, her principal, and parents of several friends to show them her NEW BRACES! and NEW EARRINGS!

{Shy my child is not.}

So, what did I do to celebrate today?

Remember last year? How a bunch of us moms started walking after drop off? We kicked it off again today.

My friend told me it was “about an hour walk.”

We did over seven miles. SEVEN.

So I’m not sure if my friend is a friend or if she’s out to kill me? The jury is still out on that one.

After I walked SEVEN miles this morning I think I deserve a treat.

And luckily, unlike most of the treats I share with you, I still have some of these babies in my freezer.

I was going to take them to school this week.

They might not make it.

Remember those Very Vanilla Bars I made you a few months ago? You know, the ones for that unmentionable party? Well, they were actually called Very Vanilla Brownies…a fact I realized I messed up on only after photo editing. Anyway, they were made with white chocolate chips.

As I stood at the stove making them, my mind wandered and I began to wonder if I could make them with other kinds of chips. Like peanut butter chips.

You know, make Peanut Butter Brownies.

Sometimes I astound even myself.

Because these are amazing.

Of course, I had to do more than make brownies with frosting. I added a crust.

You could add chocolate. I almost did. But this way the peanut butter is the total star. She doesn’t have to share the limelight with her pesky BFF, chocolate, throwing her perfect hair around or strutting her stuff in her milk chocolate stilettos.

Nope, peanut butter is the star here.

Perfect comfort food for the first day of school. When you realize your kid is soon going to hate you and not want you to hold her hand anymore.

78 comments

That crust paired with peanut butter sounds like perfection! Are they fudgy like brownies? Anything pb sounds so yum right now!That Jordan. She’s so great 😉I think youdeserve TWO treats after walking 7 miles! Way to go, girl!

everything about them is just yum from the pretzel crust to the PB – brownies without chocolate, I call blondies, but whatever you want to call these, all I can say is YUM!

Thanks Averie! I kept wanting to call them Blondies too, ha!

What the what?! How the hell did you walk seven miles?! That’s incredible… and insane. I walked just over that for the Bay to Breakers race a couple years ago, so I know how insane that is. And how long SF is. And got to see naked old men, but that’s besides the point. These brownies are awesome and I should know 🙂 you definitely deserve one or seven, one for each mile 🙂

I had an idea for pb/pretzel blondies about a month ago and they just didn’t turn out as I expected. These look like they’re a winner, though!

Ohhh, you’ve really got me with this one. I love peanut butter and can never seem to get enough peanut butter flavor in bar recipes that I’ve tried. Yours looks like the ultimate in peanut buttery goodness. Pinning it!!!

These look so good! It’s crazy how fast those kids grow up huh?! But having an empty house is something I am looking forward to once my last one gets to Kindergarten. My hubs wants me to take up a day job when that happens but I am like, give me at least one year! HAHAHA! Good job on the 7 miles too! 🙂

These sound fantastic! I can’t believe I’ve never had peanut butter brownies before. Can’t wait to give them a try.

Thanks Nicky! I hope you love them!

Since I need peanut butter in each and every form in my life, these PB brownies are divine. The perfect treat to stuff my face with after a run. The pretzel crust is the cherry on top. Seriously… that may just be my favorite part! Love the texture contrast and the sweet/salty.

Just reading about you walking SEVEN miles makes me feel like I’ve earned one of these. The pretzel crust? Genius.

Ha! Thanks!

I can’t wait to try these! I love pretzels and peanut butter. We used to dip our pretzels in PB. I had to stop in the middle of this post and go read about the “unmentionable party” lol Hilarious! Thanks so much for sharing at Creative Thursday this week. Have a wonderful weekend 🙂

Pinning, as well! Can’t wait to try them…

Thank you!

That looks so good! I love you peanut butter recipes! I will be pinning this and save it to my must try 🙂Sorry you feel a little sad about your kid being at school all that. That’s why it pays to seize each moment they are there. They grow up so fast!

xoMyric

Thanks Myric!

Found this recipe on pinterest, and had to try it right away. Is the dough supposed to be SO thick? When I tried to “spread” it onto the pretzel crust, the crust just fell apart and stuck to the dough and made a huge mess. I ended up having to grease my hands and “spread” the dough that way. It’s baking now, so we’ll see how it turns out. Unfortunately, the “crust” is not really a crust anymore. It’s going to be patchy and mixed in at places. :/